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package ar.edu.itba.ia2010.geneticos.motor.api.corte;

import java.util.List;

import org.apache.commons.lang.Validate;

import ar.edu.itba.ia2010.geneticos.motor.api.Cromosoma;
import ar.edu.itba.ia2010.geneticos.motor.api.EstrategiaCorte;

/**
 * Simula N ciclos
 * 
 * @author Juan F. Codagnone
 * @since Mar 21, 2010
 * @param <T> tipo del gen
 */
public class FixedIterationEstrategiaCorte<T> implements EstrategiaCorte<T> {
    private final int n;
    private int age = 0;
    
    /** Creates the FixedIterationEstrategiaCorte. */
    public FixedIterationEstrategiaCorte(final int n) {
        Validate.isTrue(n > 0);
        
        this.n = n;
    }
    
    /** @see EstrategiaCorte#nextAge(List) */
    public final  boolean nextAge(final List<Cromosoma<T>> poblacion) {
        return age++ < n;
    }

}
